Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

Temenos in talks over £1.4 billion deal for Fidessa

Swiss core banking provider Temenos is in advanced discussions regarding a possible all-cash £1.4 billion takeover of trading systems technology vendor Fidessa

20 February 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

SafeCharge raises investment in Nayax

SafeCharge (AIM:SCH), a leading payments technology company, today announces that it has invested further in Nayax Ltd (‘Nayax’), a leading global cashless payment solutions provider for the unattended machine industry.

12 February 2018

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Visa buys Fraedom to boost commercial offerings

Visa has agreed a £142 million deal to buy Fraedom, an SaaS technology firm that provides payments and transaction management tools to banks and their corporate customers.

09 February 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Payroc buys Integrity Payment Systems

Payroc, LLC, a leading merchant services and payment organization, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Integrity Payment Systems, LLC, a full-service processor and acquirer.

08 February 2018

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Fiserv sells 55% of Lending Solutions business to Warburg Pincus

Fiserv is to sell a majority stake in its Lending Solutions business to Warburg Pincus for $395 million.

07 February 2018

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ION swallows up Openlink Financial

ION Investment group is to acquire Openlink Financial, continuing a treasury management investment buying spree which has seen it swallow up IT2, Financial Software Systems and Wall Street Systems.

05 February 2018

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Urban FT agrees to buy Digiliti Money

SaaS-based digital banking platform Urban FT has finally agreed a deal to buy remote deposit capture vendor Digiliti Money. Terms have not been disclosed.

02 February 2018

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Alibaba agrees to take 33% stake in Ant Financial

Alibaba has agreed to acquire a 33% stake in Ant Financial, opening the way for the Chinese tech giant's financial services affiliate to go public.

01 February 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Equiniti completes acqusition of Wells Fargo’s Shareowner Services business

Equiniti Group plc (“Equiniti” or the “Group”) is pleased to announce that following regulatory approval and satisfactory completion of all outstanding conditions, the Group has today completed the acquisition of Wells Fargo’s Shareowner Services business (“WFSS”).

01 February 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Moneycorp pushes into Dubai with First Rate FX completion

The Moneycorp Group has announced a significant boost to its international footprint, through the completion of its acquisition of First Rate FX Ltd.

01 February 2018

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BME takes minority stake in social trading startup Finect

The Spanish stock exchange BME has acquired a 9.7% stake in local social trading community Finect as part of a tech-led diversification strategy.

01 February 2018

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Thomson Reuters and Blackstone agree acquisition

Thomson Reuters has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority 55% stake in its financial and risk division to private equity funds managed by Blackstone.

31 January 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Axiom launches Contracts Intelligence Platform

Axiom, the leading global alternative legal services provider, today announced the Contracts Intelligence Platform, a state-of-the-art technology solution for corporate transaction teams that speeds the contract review process, reveals potential deal synergies and provides business-critical information in a clear, elegant system.

30 January 2018

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AmEx buys virtual travel assistant Mezi

American Express has acquired Mezi, an AI-powered travel assistant app that helps users plan and book trips. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

30 January 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Telkom Indonesia acquires significant stake in Cellum

Cellum Global and Metranet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, Indonesia's No.1 ICT corporate group signed a strategic fintech co-operation and investment agreement Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary.

30 January 2018

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Thomson Reuters confirms acquisition talks with Blackstone

Thomson Reuters is in advanced talks with US private equity outfit Blackstone over the acquisition of a majority stake in its financial and risk business.

30 January 2018

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Finastra acquires eFX trading supplier Olfa Soft

Finastra has acquired Geneva-based eFX supplier Olfa Soft to capitalise on an ongoing shift to automated machine-to-machine electronic trading in currency markets.

30 January 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Nasdaq PR and digital media business go West

West Corporation ("West") and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) ("Nasdaq") jointly announced today that West has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the public relations (Public Relations Solutions) and webcasting and webhosting (Digital Media Services) products and services within Nasdaq's Corporate Solutions business for approximately $335 million, subject to adjustments.

29 January 2018

News/Mergers and acquisitions

ING acquires a majority stake in Payvision

ING has spent EUR270 million to acquire a 75% stake in international card acquirer and payments platform Payvision.

29 January 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Tradeworx sells trading business to focus on tech subsidiary Thesys

Tradeworx, Inc. announced today it has sold its trading business in order to focus solely on the continued growth and expansion of the financial technology business of its wholly owned subsidiary, Thesys Technologies, Inc., a leading capital markets provider.

26 January 2018